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Family Halictidae, Nomiinae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green and Gold Nomia Bees that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm, female
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- The bees have golden yellow bands on their abdomen. On their head there are
the large brown compound eyes, long antenna and golden yellow face.
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- In summer late afternoon 2004, we found a cluster of bees resting on a tall grass
in a bushland near Alexandra
Hill. We believed they are the males clustered together on glass stem for the night.
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 - Male
Female
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- 1st and 3rd sub-marginal cells equal in length, with much shorter 2nd
sub-marginal cell..
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- Found another cluster on May 2010. It was just before sunset in Wishart
near the Bulimba Creek.
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- Those resting on grass stem are males. Males are less hairy than females
for they do not need to carry pollen for the young.
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- Females nest in
ground, or less often, in rotting wood. Males do not nest but cluster together at night.
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- Pictures were taken on Feb 2011 in Botanic Garden. The bee was
gathering pollen among different flowers.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 995.
- 2. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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